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Chicago Bears 7 at Denver Broncos 16
Monday, October 16, 1978
Stadium: Mile High Stadium, Start Time: 7:00, Surface: grass,
Weather: 54 degrees, relative humidity 26%, wind 6 mph
Weather: 54 degrees, relative humidity 26%, wind 6 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (3-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Denver Broncos (5-2-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
Scoring
| CHI | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Jim Turner 45 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 3rd | Bears | Roland Harper 33 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 4th | Broncos | Jon Keyworth 4 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 10 |
| Broncos | Otis Armstrong 9 yard pass from Craig Morton (kick failed) | 7 | 16 |
Team Stats
| CHI | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-210-0 | 36-135-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-26-170-1-2 | 15-24-183-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-33 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 137 | 173 |
| Total yards | 347 | 308 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 16-147 | 8-85 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Payton | CHI | 22 | 157 | 0 | 76 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 15 | 25 | 170 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 33 |
| James Scott | CHI | 2 | 45 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Golden Richards | CHI | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Art Best | CHI | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Greg Latta | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 4 | 60 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 8 | 13 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 4 | 52 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 11 | 41 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Craig Penrose | DEN | 7 | 11 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 5 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 2 | 30 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 7 | 22 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 6 | 21 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 4 | 14 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Steve Foley | DEN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Wentford Gaines | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Len Walterscheid | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Steve Foley | DEN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bob Parsons | CHI | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bucky Dilts | DEN | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Turner | DEN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |